SRINAGAR: A 19-year-old teenager was killed and another youth escaped unhurt after a massive boulder came crashing onto his house following a landslide in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district on Thursday, officials said.
The boulder rolled down from the hills due to the landslide triggered by rains in Thakuria area. A residential house and two cow sheds have been damaged in the landslide.
The teenager who died was identified as Mohd Arshad and his body has been retrieved while rescue operation is on in the area.
Arshad’s house was extensively damaged by the landslide, but the rest of his family members were reportedly safe, officials added.
